Role-playing Game, Self-publishing, and Movie Seminars
I have extensive public speaking experience and have given seminars on a variety of topics. Some examples of my recent seminars include:
- What are Tabletop Role-Playing Games and Where Do I Start?
- No-Prep Game Mastering: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Random Tables
- Tabletop Role-playing Game Self-publishing 101
- Special Effects Master: An Introduction to the Films of Ray Harryhausen
- Marketing for Self-Published Tabletop Role-Playing Games
- The Spaghetti Westerns of Sergio Leone
- After the Bombs: Overview of Post-apocalyptic Cinema Focusing Mainly on the 1980s
- Playing Tabletop RPGs with Kids: Tips, Tricks, and Thoughts
- The Amazon Mindset: What Self-Publishing Authors Need to Know About the World’s Largest Bookseller
- GMing with Random Tables: Do’s and Don’ts
- The Amazon Book Page: What Self-Publishing Authors Need to Know
- Doomsday: Nuclear War in Cinema
- Low-to-No Cost TTRPG Self-Publishing – [2022]
- Why Are Dungeons So Fun? – A look at why the “dungeon” in tabletop role-playing games is so awesome. Plus tips on how to run them more effectively.
- Jaws: The Greatest Movie Ever Made?
- How Game Masters Can Tell Better Stories: Practical tips and tricks to improve your game master skills for tabletop role-playing games.
- The Way of the Samurai: An exploration of the films and the influence of the legendary director Akira Kurosawa.
- Best Served Cold: An examination of the action film genre with a breakdown of key elements
- Born-Heroes vs. Bootstrap-Heroes: How writers can choose the right type of hero for their stories.
- Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Collapse: How seasons 6 and 7 nearly destroyed all that came before them!
- Creator Finances: No one really likes to talk about finances, but it’s so important to be on top of them. Learn how to position yourself to make a living doing what you love.
- Frankenstein Unleashed: An exploration comparing and contrasting themes in the novel and original 1931 film.
- Unwrapping the Original Mummy: An examination of the 1932 horror film classic.
- Subverting Fan Expectations: The Hollywood writing trend ruining movies and TV shows, why it was latched onto, and when do we think these writers will move on?
- Slash Game Master Prep Time: How to cut down the time needed to prepare tabletop role-playing game sessions.